How old was Edward VI (King of England and Ireland) when he died?

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. The only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. During his reign, the realm was governed by a regency council because Edward never reached maturity. The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (1550–1553).

Edward had become ill during January 1553 with a fever and cough that gradually worsened. Edward died at the age of 15 at Greenwich Palace at 8 pm on 6 July 1553. According to John Foxe's account of his death, his last words were: "I am faint; Lord have mercy upon me, and take my spirit". Edward was buried on 8 August 1553 immediately to the west of his grandfather Henry VII's tomb in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey, right under the Chapel's original altar, with reformed rites performed by Thomas Cranmer.